4 or 8 Gig?

Well, that's going to be a personal call. If you have the money, I don't know why anyone would want less.

If I'm undecided on something like you are, I always go for the higher end of the two items I'm considering if I can afford it. I've found that if I don't I usually end up with buyer's remorse later on saying to myself "Man, I wish I would have gotten the bigger one".

when you mean you have 3.5 gigs left on your comp, you mean like on the harddrive right? how much gigs of music do you have? oh yeah and if your only going to use it for music, you might consider getting the last generation ipod or even the first gen one. I think my friend said he got a First Gen Ipod Nano for 150, 8 gigs. Of couse you don't get the scratch resistance shell, but i had a first gen nano, as long as you get a case for it, itll be fine.

Always get the most capacity you can afford. Get the 8 GB model.

Well I personally barely, and I mean barely had enough money for the 4GB. Bought it today after playing around with my friends one, and I just couldn't resist. It really must be held to be believed. My first impression upon seeing it was that it was some kind of toy iPod...It honestly is amazing. I'm greatly looking forward to it.

8 gig. You'll grow into it.

8 Gig, hands down. You will only regret it later if you go cheap now.

imo 4 gig is damn small for a video..

fine for music..but yea

look at the movie 300 ..i have on my ipod..1.2 gigs.. for 1 movie

soo ehhh..

and i bought it for the video..so gogo 8 gigs for me..

i have like .. 3 movies, and 2 sth park episodes .. and like.. 50 songs.. its half full

i went with the 8gb as well. hardly used all the memory though

I'm going to go with a different take: How good are you at managing your music? Do you use playlists? Smart playlists?

If I didn't listen to so many audiobooks and podcasts, I'd still be using a 4GB mini even though my library is about 170GB. It's purely a matter of having a system in place for management. I've got everything set up with 100% automated smartlists.

I know $50 may be alot to some people, but if you can stretch it definitely get the 8 gig.

I just but the 8 gig for a friend of mine for her Bday, she could easily get away with the 4 gig with the amount of music she has, but she also keeps things forever, so I figure make it a little future proof for her.

I would always get the largest capacity available unless its an excessive difference in cost between the two (which its not in this case).

Plus as someone else mentioned the color choice, its weird that you can only get the 4 gig in one color.
This is not weird at all, it's a very simple business decision. You want a green iPod nano? Great! Just cough up $199 for it. My guess is that silver is not a popular color choice, and that's why they are sacrificing a $50 price reduction for it.

you can take it back.

"You can never be too rich, too beautiful or have enough storage"

An old programmer saying. If you can afford it, go biggest. Youll never regret it!